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The University may award medals known as Queensland University of Technology Medals to graduands of certain courses who have achieved an exceptionally high level of performance in their studies.
For the award of a medal, a graduand should have normally achieved a minimum grade point average of 6.5 across all units and thesis where such is required. Medals are awarded by the Registrar, on behalf of University Academic Board, on the recommendation of the relevant faculty academic board. The medal should be testimony that the recipient not only shows exceptional academic promise at the time of the award, but also exhibits an exceptional and consistent record of achievement throughout the whole of the degree.
Eligibility to be considered for the award of a University Medal is limited to:
- graduands of 'end-on' honours degrees where performance in the related bachelor degree is also taken into account
- graduands of degrees with honours, including components of double degree programs where awards with honours are made
- graduands of bachelor degrees of at least three years normal duration where no honours award is available, including relevant components of double degree programs where no honours award is available.
In completing one of the above degrees, graduands must have been enrolled at QUT for at least two years of full-time study or equivalent. The two years of study at QUT must be directly relevant to the course for which the medal is awarded.
For graduands of double degrees, University medals are awarded as appropriate for each of the component degrees.
As the University medal is awarded only for distinguished achievement, University Academic Board has indicated as a guide to faculties that the proportion of graduands who may receive medals in any year should normally be not more than one per 200 bachelor-level graduands (or part thereof) per faculty.
The award is a silver medallion, suitably embossed and inscribed, together with a certificate attesting the award. The medallion is 5.5 centimetres square with rounded corners. The QUT logo is embossed one side and the reverse carries an inscription citing the year of the award and the name of the awardee. Further details may be placed on the certificate.
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